Sociologist, graduate of the University of Warsaw, scholarship holder of Yale University. Democratic opposition activist in the 1980s. Henryk Wujec’s secretary. Participant of the Round Table talks. One of the animators of the non-governmental organization movement in Poland. Co-creator of Data Bank on Non-Governmental Organizations.
Founder and President of the Management Board of the STOCZNIA Foundation. Co-founder of the Civic Fund for initiatives protecting democratic order in Poland. Columnist of the Więź quarterly. Winner of : Awards Andrzej Bączkowski, Totus Tous Awards, Fr. J. Tischner, Decorated with the Knight’s and Officer’s Crosses of Polonia Restituta, Senior Ashoka Fellow.
